It is a warm evening on Friday March 6. People are walking all over Uptown Plain City looking at the art work provided by members of the community and the schools on display in local businesses.
This is the second year of the Art Walk in Plain City, which was held in the Uptown area, from 6pm to 8pm. It was previously held in 2023.
One of the participating featured artists this year was JA senior Raegan Tremayne.
Tremayne says, “I like that we get the opportunity to display our stuff in town and get more local people to see it and other people outside of just the school.”
She is currently in the independent art study at the high school, and also works at the elementary school in the art department in the pre-apprenticeship program.
“Next year I’m going to OU and I’m going to study art education and I’m going to get my [intervention specialist] degree,” she says.
Several other members of the Plain City community also participated, including Daniel Rosales, who is a photographer, and has taken photos of the areas surrounding Plain City, and Alissa Ohashi, Rae Delisle, and Savannah Taulbee.
Art from Robert B. Wilson, who passed away in 2023, was also on display. He was a graduate of Plain City High School in 1954. Plain City High School eventually became a part of the Jonathan Alder School District.
“You get to see people who’ve graduated from here. At the place where I’m displaying, there’s someone who passed away. They’re displaying his work and it’s amazing,” says Tramayne.
Other JA alumni, such as Sofia Tonti (2020) and Maya Runkle (2024) were also featured. Runkle was also a featured artist in the Art Walk in 2023.
Junior high art teacher Joseph Peck also submitted some of his student’s art.
“I picked some outstanding projects from the first semester that I had kept, that I was going to keep for the art show…I picked some ones that I thought were kind of exemplary work that I wanted to showcase,” says Peck.
Peck says the night was a success overall.
“I enjoyed seeing the community. It was a beautiful night. It was like a perfect night, weather-wise. And then I enjoyed seeing people in the community walking around, spending time with each other,” says Peck. “I loved seeing students that I used to have, whether they’re graduating and going into art education, or whether they’re in college right now, pursuing art and design. It was really cool to see all those former students that kept with it and are pursuing, whether it’s hobbies or careers, like just, that that’s a part of their life. So that was kind of cool to see.”
